ANGLO SAXON PENNIES - 3
P92 CNUT [1016-35] silver penny
Quatrefoil type - OXFORD mint - Moneyer - AELFWINE
obv. +CNVT REX ANGLOR, bust left;
rev. +ELFVINE ON OXEN; 1.15g
Spink 1157 [£550 in VF for Oxford mint], North 781.
Only 1 similar example is recorded in SCBI/EMC - SCBI 19 Asmolean 653
striking crack in centre
VERY RARE
VF £375 sold
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P93 EDWARD THE CONFESSOR [1042-66] silver penny
Pyramids type - STAFFORD mint - Moneyer - GODPINE
obv. +EDPPARD RE, bust right;
rev. +GODPINE ON STIE; 1.25g
Spink 1184 [£1280 in VF for Stafford mint]
Ex - Lloyd Bennett coins.
weakly struck in places
VERY RARE mint
VF £795 sold
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P94 EDWARD THE CONFESSOR [1042-66] silver penny
Pyramids type - CHESTER mint - Moneyer - BRUNING
obv. +EDPARD REX. bust right;
rev. +BRVNINC ON LEGE; 1.31g
Spink 1184 [£680 in VF for Chester mint]
Only 6 examples recorded on SCBI/EMC
Provenance: Baldwins, 1987 [with tickets]
RARE
VF or better £595
P95 VIKING - HIBERNO-NORSE [919-25] silver penny
St PETER'S SWORD type - YORK
obv. SCI-PE . TRIIO, in 2 lines divided by sword;
rev. +EBORACEI, cross pattee with pellets in angles and crescent
Spink 1014 - £3750 in VF, North 555
Ex - Eboracum hoard; Spink
VERY RARE - a fragment
EF £295 sold
P96 ALFRED the GREAT [871-99] silver penny
Lunette type - CANTERBURY mint - Moneyer - WIGELM
obv. +AELFRED REX, bust right; 0.79g
rev. MON - VIGELM - ETA, in 3 lines - lunettes broken
Spink 1057 [£3250 in VF], North 626, BMC 1a
Found - Orwell, Cambs., 2014 - recorded EMC 2014.0330
Extremely rare moneyer - not listed in North or BMC
This is the only example listed on SCBI/EMC
Dark tone and slight porosity - better than photo
EXTREMELY RARE
VF £1985 sold
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P97 VIKING Danish East Anglia [c.895-910] silver penny
St. EDMUND coinage
obv. +SCEID, retrograde, A in centre;
rev. +CE : BER, cross in centre; 1.18g
Spink 960, North 483
Provenance: Davisson auction, USA, 10.4.1997, lot 500.
weakly struck in part of legends and slightly patchy toning
EF £895
P98 AETHELRED 11 [978-1016] silver penny
Long Cross type - WATCHET mint - Moneyer - HUNWINE
obv. +AEDELRAED REX ANGLO, bust left;
rev. +HVNEPINE MO PECED; 1.49g
Spink 1151 [£1950 in VF for Watchet mint], North 774.
Provenance: Wilhelm Vogel collection, Hess auctions, 16.4.1928, lot 4700; Sothebys, 19.4.1993, lot 98;
crack in centre [stable].
VERY RARE mint
nEF/GVF £850 sold
P99 EDWARD THE CONFESSOR [1042-66] silver penny
Trefoil Quadrilateral type - NEWPORT mint - Moneyer - ELFSI
obv. +EDPE-RD RE, bust left;
rev. +ELFSI ON NIVIPEN [retrograde].
1.03g
Spink 1174 [£7650 in VF for Newport mint], North 817
Provenance: Noble Numismatics auction, 16.11.2000, lot 727
Only 2 Newport mint coins in total are recorded on SCBI/EMC for Edward the Confessor [none of this type].
EXTREMELY RARE mint
VF/GVF £5950
P100 AETHELRED 11 [978-1016] silver penny
Long Cross type - GOTHABURH [Gothabyrig] mint
Moneyer - WULFMAER
obv. +AEDELRAED REX ANGL, bust left;
rev. +PVLFMAER MO GEODA; 1.32g
Spink 1151 [£3900 in VF for Gothaburh mint], North 774, Dolly & Elmore Jones BNJ 28 [1955-7] pp.270-82 and pl.XX11 no.1 [same dies], cf. SCBI 7 Copenhagen 362 and SCBI 50 St Petersburg 687.
Only 2 Gothaburh [Castle Gotha] coins in total are listed on SCBI/EMC for Aethelred 11.
This mint was most likely in Devon, near Exeter.
Provenance: Drabble coll'n; Sothebys 4.7.1939, lot 473; Duke of Argyll coll'n.; Spink c.1949; Doubleday collection; Glendinings auction, 6.10.1987, lot 142; Spink NC March 1990, no.954, Baldwins August 1994.
some small Viking pecks and 2 slight surface striking cracks
EXTREMELY RARE mint
VF £2500
P101 EDWARD THE CONFESSOR [1042-66] silver penny
Hammer Cross type - NOTTINGHAM mint
Moneyer - WULNOTH
obv. +EADPARD RE, bust right;
rev. +PVLNOD ON SNOT; 1.26g
Spink 1182 [£2400 in VF for Nottingham mint], North 828, Blackburn & Bonser, BNJ 54 [1984] pp. 63-73, coin no.15.
Provenance: Spink Australia auction, 28.3.1989, lot 1246.
Only 1 recorded on SCBI/EMC - EMC 1984.0015
weakly struck in parts of legends
EXTREMELY RARE
nEF/GVF £2500
P102 EADGAR [959-75] silver penny
Portrait Reform coinage - YORK mint - Moneyer - OSMUND
obv. +EADGAR REX ANG, bust left;
rev. +OSMVND M-O EFERPIC; 1.59g
Spink 1141 [£3750 in VF], North 752
Provenance: Patrick Finn, list 4, Spring 1995, no.97 [illus.];
Noble Numismatics auction, 21.3.1996, lot 2539.
Only 2 examples are listed on SCBI/EMC both in museum collections and read EOFOR [none with EFERPIC] - SCBI 29 Merseyside 511 + SCBI 2 Glasgow 733.
obv. somewhat double struck and rev. slightly off-centre
VERY RARE
GVF/aVF £2500
P103 OFFA [757-96] silver penny
Portrait type - Light Coinage - LONDON mint
Moneyer - DUD
obv. bust right with OFFA in front;
rev. +d V D ; 1.19g
Spink 905 [£3250 in VF for common types, this much rarer], Chick 22a [this coin p.68, pl.4].
Provenance: R P Mack collection, SCBI 20.555; Spink NC, Nov. 1984, 7411.
Large full flan, dark tone, slightly irregular but not chipped, small old scratch at top of head. Better than photos.
EXTREMELY RARE - only 3 recorded in Chick
VF/GVF £2650
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P104 BURGRED [852-74] silver penny
Type 111 - Moneyer - BERHEAH
obv. +BVRGRED REX, bust right;
rev. MON BERHEA ETA;
Spink 942D [£600 in VF], North 423.
small edge chip
GVF £450 sold
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P105 ALFRED the GREAT [871-99] silver penny
Lunette type A - Portrait - CANTERBURY mint
Moneyer - DUDD
obv. +AELBRED REX, bust right;
rev. MON +DVDD ETA; 0.84g
Spink 1057 [£3250 in VF], North 625
dark tone - chipped edge
RARE
VF or better £875 sold
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P106 OFFA [757-96] silver penny
Light coinage - Portrait type - CANTERBURY mint
Moneyer - PEOHTWEALD
obv. +OFFA REX+, bust right;
rev. PE / HT / VA / Ld, in angles of Celtic cross.
1.14g
Spink 905 [£3250 -VF], Chick 129a, North 295
Recorded: EMC 2001.0778
Provenance: Found Fordwich, Kent, 1985; Derek Chick collection [with ticket]; Spink [with ticket]; John Philpotts 12 May 2011; Dr Andrew Wayne collection.
Full round flan.
VERY RARE
VF £2950 sold
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P107 AETHELRED 11 [978-1016] silver penny
Long Cross type - LINCOLN mint - Moneyer - UBEINN
obv. +EDELRED REX ANGLO, bust left;
rev. +VNBEIN MO LINC;
Spink 1151 [£285 in VF]
some Viking pecks, particularly on rev.
GVF £235 sold
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